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Enabling human-robot rescue teamsBoston MA (SPX) Feb 18, 2016 Autonomous robots performing a joint task send each other continual updates: "I've passed through a door and am turning 90 degrees right." "After advancing 2 feet I've encountered a wall. I'm turning 90 degrees right." "After advancing 4 feet I've encountered a wall." And so on. Computers, of course, have no trouble filing this information away until they need it. But such a barrage of data would drive a human being crazy. At the annual meeting of the Association for the Advancement of Artificial ... read more |
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El Faro captain sought route change before sinking | .. |
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El Nino begins decline after 'powerful' impact: UN Oxygen-starved oceans held back life's recovery after the 'Great Dying' New technique for turning sunlight into hydrogen How climate change will affect western groundwater Mapping the world for climate sensitivity DNA evidence shows that salmon hatcheries cause substantial, rapid genetic changes | .. |
Taiwan to seize assets of collapsed building developer Almost a million dollars in assets belonging to the developer and three associates of a building in Taiwan felled by an earthquake will be seized, a court ruled Friday, with more than 90 residents confirmed dead in the disaster. ... more | .. |
Refugee crisis 'a near existential' threat to Europe: Kerry The mass influx of refugees and other migrants into Europe spells a "near existential threat" to the continent, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Saturday. ... more | .. |
Erdogan threatens to send refugees to EU as NATO steps in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to send the millions of refugees in Turkey to EU member states, as NATO pledged to deploy ships to the Aegean Sea to ease the migrant crisis. ... more | .. |
Characterizing the smell of death may help rescue workers at disaster sites Rescue workers searching for disaster survivors could use the smell of decomposition to decide what kind of rescue dogs to work with in the hopes of improving their chances of finding survivors. Whe ... more |
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Erdogan threatens to send refugees to EU as NATO steps in Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Thursday threatened to send the millions of refugees in Turkey to European Union (EU) member states, as NATO agreed to deploy ships to the Aegean Sea to ease the migrant crisis. ... more | .. |
NATO sends warships on Aegean migrant mission NATO launched Thursday an unprecedented naval mission in the Aegean Sea to tackle people smugglers taking refugees and migrants from Turkey to Greece, Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said. ... more | .. |
Turkish PM slams 'hypocritical' calls to open borders Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu on Wednesday slammed as "hypocritical" calls by some countries urging Ankara to open its borders to Syrian refugees while failing to demand Russia halts punishing air strikes. ... more | .. |
Taiwan developer grilled over collapse of quake building Taiwan prosecutors Wednesday questioned the developer of an apartment complex that collapsed during an earthquake as prosecutors detailed flaws in the construction of the building where nearly 100 people remain trapped. ... more |
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Fukushima plant boss says another disaster won't threaten clean-up The chief of Japan's shuttered Fukushima nuclear power plant warned Wednesday that the biggest risk the crippled facility faces is another major earthquake and tsunami - though insisted the chaos of nearly five years ago won't be repeated. ... more | .. |
NATO to debate Turkey call for migrant help NATO will take any request to help with the refugee crisis "very seriously", chief Jens Stoltenberg said Tuesday after Germany and Turkey sought the alliance's assistance in combatting human smugglers. ... more | .. |
Prosecutors seek developer's detention after Taiwan collapse Prosecutors in Taiwan were Tuesday seeking to detain the developer of a 16-storey apartment complex toppled by a deadly quake, officials said Tuesday, amid suspicions of shoddy construction. ... more | .. |
Survivors including child pulled alive from Taiwan quake rubble A girl aged eight and three others were rescued Monday from the rubble of a Taiwan apartment tower complex, more than two days after it was felled by an earthquake, but over 100 others remain trapped in the ruins. ... more |
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Indian soldier rescued after six days in Himalayan avalanche One of 10 Indian soldiers feared dead after an avalanche six days ago in the remote Himalayas has been miraculously rescued alive, officials said. ... more | .. |
China calls for more than 120 to be punished over chemical blast China on Friday quietly released the findings of an inquiry into its worst industrial accident in years, calling for 123 people connected to the deadly chemical blast to be punished. ... more | .. |
Nepal quake survivors fight freezing temperatures Nine months after a massive earthquake hit Nepal, thousands of survivors are now fighting sub-zero temperatures in flimsy temporary shelters, awaiting government help to rebuild their homes. ... more | .. |
Canada considers housing Syrian refugees at military bases Faced with a shortage of affordable housing, Canada said Wednesday it is considering putting Syrian refugees up at military bases. ... more |
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NASA to simulate growing potatoes on Mars in Peru A New, Wider Set of Eyes on the Universe Staying Alive on Tiangong 2 Pluto's 'Hulk-like' Moon Charon: A Possible Ancient Ocean? NASA Aeronautics Budget Proposes Return of X-Planes Welding Wonder Delivers Confidence for SLS Core Stage | .. |
China jails 14 over factory blast that killed 146 Chinese courts have jailed 14 government officials and company executives for up to seven-and-a-half years over a 2014 factory explosion that killed 146 workers, the official Xinhua news agency reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Chinese ship to join Australia-led search for MH370 A Chinese ship is set to join the search for Malaysia Airlines MH370, Australia's deputy prime minister said Friday, as the jet's fate remains a mystery almost two years after it vanished. ... more | .. |
Homeless Gazans struggle during harsh winter Azza al-Najjar struggles in vain to keep her two-year-old warm by wrapping him in blankets in her prefabricated metal home as a winter storm lashes the Gaza Strip. ... more | .. |
Facebook blocks unlicensed gun sales Facebook has banned people using the social network for unlicensed gun sales after pressure from anti-gun violence groups alarmed over the ease with which firearms are sold online in the United States. ... more |
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Ten El Faro families settle with owners of sunken US ship The families of 10 sailors who died when the US cargo ship El Faro sank in a hurricane agreed Monday to receive $500,000 each in a settlement with the vessel's owner. ... more | .. |
China pushes inferno documentary into purgatory It is a vision of hell on earth: green hills blasted into black heaps, and workers toiling under snarling machinery, dodging hot red sparks and rivers of molten metal. ... more | .. |
Charities warn of 'desperate' plight of refugees in snow Leading children's charities warned Tuesday that young refugees are at serious risk from the bitterly cold Balkan weather, as figures showed 31,000 migrants have arrived in Greece already this year. ... more | .. |
Nepal quake rebuilding to take years, new chief says Tens of thousands of Nepalis left homeless after April's massive earthquake will have to spend years living in temporary shelters, the country's reconstruction chief has told AFP. ... more |
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